The authors of the index said one of the leading benchmarks for failed state status is the loss of physical control of territory or a monopoly on the legitimate use of force.

Other attributes include the erosion of legitimate authority, an inability to provide reasonable public services and the inability to interact with other states as a full member of the international community.

America is on its way to becoming a failed state if it does not stop this. We cannot impose a state on Iraq or Afghanistan, or it would never survive without us continuing to prop it up forever. Democracy means that people choose their own leaders, they are not selected for them by foreign powers.